tbh, a little annoyed when friends renew their cyclical campaign flirtation with Ron Paul. It's always couched as this, "yeah, there are things I don't agree with, but there are other things I do agree with, and besides, the country's in such bad shape we need a radical change!" argument. I can only shake my head and remind myself how much better the country is, even hurting, than it would be under Ron Paul, with all his attendant destructive policies, brilliantly presented/marketed as this philosophy of proud self-reliance but which boils down in the details to "fuck all y'all." Or more specifically, "the states should have the right to fuck all y'all."

I'm not very libertarian myself about too much beyond the usual stuff. I even walk around the neighborhood once in a while picking up trash (because it's infringing on my right now to look at beer cans at the bus stop). What is the convoluted libertarian stance on abortion these days? Is it "keep your hands off my body!" or "keep your hands off my unborn baby!"?

How about tort reform? Are libertarians pro frivolous lawsuits or con?

It would be pretty hard w/ baseball in that you'd have to blow up everything about player development and how hundreds of minor league teams work and TV contracts (local and national) and pretty much everything else about the sport.

London has, what, 6-8 legit soccer franchises (ie capable of staying in the PL on the reg) with no competition equivalent to the NBA, NFL or NHL.NYC might be able to support one more MLB team, but it's more likely that a Euro model would contract teams overall and NYC would stick at 2.

not really, stadiums are a pretty shitty use of space and mostly get built cause taxpayers love em

i think they're more often built because no mayor/executive wants to be remembered as the one who let [beloved team] get away. taxpayers may love their teams, but they're not that keen on tax money being used to build things for rich owners.